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Sierra Chih Bulletin. 



Editorial Department The Century Magazine, 



New York, May 29, 1905. 

 Secretary Sierra Club, San Francisco, Cal. 



Dear Sir: I take great pleasure in acknowledging receipt 

 of your letter of the i8th of May informing me that I have had 

 conferred upon me the honor of election as one of the Honorary 

 Vice-Presidents of the Sierra Club. 



My very great and sincere interest in the work of the Club 

 and my admiration for its accomplishment in various directions 

 make me appreciate fully the compliment that has been paid me 

 in this election, and I beg to convey my thanks and respects to 

 the Board of Directors. 



Respectfully yours, 



Robert Underwood Johnson. 



Vienna, Austria, May 20, 1905. 

 Secretary Sierra Club, San Francisco, Cal. 



Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge with much appreciation the 

 receipt of the courteous invitation extended by you on behalf of 

 the Sierra Club to accompany you as your guest on your Fifth 

 Annual Outing. The trip which you have so carefully planned 

 is one in which I should take great pleasure, if I might be priv- 

 ileged to share in introducing your members to the grand old 

 peak that I have so long known and which still stands first in 

 my affections among the mountains of three continents. I fully in- 

 dorse the statement which you quote from the Hon. James 

 Bryce regarding the noble form and peculiar charm of Mt. 

 Rainier; and sympathizing heartily with the objects of the Club, 

 I the more deeply regret that I am prevented by pressing scien- 

 tific work from joining you. 



Permit me to wish the Club and its guests the fullest enjoy- 

 ment of the delightful outing planned. Pardon me if I add a 

 word of caution against the loose, treacherous volcanic rocks, so 

 different from the firm granite of the Sierras, even in the 

 Tatoosh Range. 



And believe me, with sincere appreciation, yours truly, 



Bailey Willis. 



The Grand Canon of the Tuolumne. 



San Francisco, Aug. 21, 1905. 

 Secretary Sierra Club, San Francisco, Cal. 



Gentlemen: I take pleasure in communicating to you the fact 

 that your canister No. 5 and its inclosed scroll of names depos- 

 ited in the cairn on the ridge back of Muir Gorge in the Grand 



